The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-05-06
INVENTIONS OF WOMEN.
Evidences of their Work on Record In
the Department at Washington.

The fact that women figure largely as in
ventors at Washington is not generally
known.
The records of the patent Office, however
show that fully 1900 women claim patents,
and in many cases, ii is asserted by New
York World correspondent, not small
number of the patents granted to men are
really for ingenious devices and ideas that
have originated in a feminine brain.
The women Of New York have been granted
more patents than their sisters in any other
State. The women of Massachusetts,, Ohio,
Indiana and Wisconsin rank next in order.
Almost daily improvements in sewing ma
chimes come from her brains. In the model
room of the patent Office. nearly side by side
with Elisha Howe's machine, is one made by
Miss Rosenthal. 1t is handy little eontri-
vance which can be put in lady's pocket and
screwed on to any ordinary table IL Is so
dainty it looks fit for the work room OF a
fairy. 1t will be boon to persons travelling
where it will be impossible to take a large
machine. Machinists pronounce 1t practically
perfect in construction, but it has not yet
been put upon the market
The first submarine telescope was the pro-
duction Iof Mrs. Sarah b. Mather, Of New
York. Mrs. Montgomery shows a section OF
war vessel provided with a series of iron
plates so constructed as to resist shot and
she'll There Is also in the model room an
engine of Offense as well as of defense in the
shape Of breechloading gun credited to
Miss Ruth Goshan. Among the more peace
full inventions by women are a carcoupline
pin and an improved railway for street cars
A life raft Is contriyance OF Mrs. Beaseley.
An appliance for raising sunken vessels has
| been patented by Mrs Emily Taney, OF Penn
| sylvania She has also contrived a syPhon
| propeller pump. Mrs. Fraekelton, OF MIL
| waukee, claims to have made 200 women
| self-supporting by means OF little portable
| kiln for firing decorated china. This can be
| attached TO any gas pipe and is an improve
ment in the usual method Of heating, Afford
ing a much more equable temperature. Miss
Mary Broughton, OF New York, discovered a
new mode Of forming air chambers in dental
plates for artificial teeth. Miss Amelia
Bird desires to make noise in the world,
and her genius scared to steam whistles.
Mrs. Caroline Brooks, of Arkansas, has pa
tented some lubricating moulds in plaster.
Mrs. Brooks will be remembered as the but
ter artist at the Centennial, her lovely crea-
tion of Iolanthe attracting much attention.
She now has a studio in New York.
Mrs. Sarah Ames, of Massachusetts, pat
ented the bust Of Abraham Lincoln. OF what
the patent right consists does not clearly ap-
pear. as artists generally consider such things
creations rather than inventions. Mrs. Cor
nelia Beaumont, Of Ohio, has patent life
boat to her credit. Mrs. Martha j. COstOn
has been very successful with her pyroteeh-
mic night signals. She Is an example Of what
pluck and perseverance can do. At tthe death
of her husband his papers were in a chaotic
condition, and his designs not fully perfect
ed. Unaided. she brought them to a point
where they were practically valuable, and
she remained almost ten years introducing
them in the various foreign ports. She has
been rewarded for her perseverance by n for
tune. Among the queer inventions Is an in
strument for restoring facial symmetry. by
Miss Fannie Batchelder of Massachusetts.
The numerous patents granted to women in
clude fire escapes, dust brushes, baby ten
ders, devices for killing mosquitoes and other
insects, window washers, glove fasteners,
food preservers, COW mixers, dish washers,
washing machines. cooking stoves, corpse
preseryers, bustles, face lotions, and all
kinds Of garments.